2018/2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E34.8

Other specified endocrine disorders

E34.8 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

The 2018/2019 edition of ICD-10-CM E34.8 became effective on October 1, 2018.

This is the American ICD-10-CM version of E34.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 E34.8 may differ.

Applicable To

Pineal gland dysfunction

Progeria

Type 2 Excludes

Type 2 Excludes Help

A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (E34.8) and the excluded code together.

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

Note

All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.

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